#D9D240#D9D240

#D9D240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.160 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D240
RGB	rgb(217, 210, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -14.07, 69.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 70.54, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.0457 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.16 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5893, 61.2169, 13.8954)
Luminance	0.6121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D240 #4047D9

analogous

#D98640 #D9D240 #93D940

triadic

#D9D240 #40D9D2 #D240D9

tetradic

#D9D240 #40D986 #4047D9 #D94093

square

#D9D240 #40D986 #4047D9 #D94093

split-complementary

#D9D240 #4093D9 #8640D9

monochromatic

#847F1A #B7B124 #D9D240 #E3DE73 #EDEAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D9D240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#D9D240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D240

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D240	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 210, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.160 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df7e',
    500: '#d9d240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d240;
$custom-light: #e8df7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.255,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84427,
    "c": 0.15996,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D240

secondary

#32368B

accent

#46EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D240

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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